Photo: BigCheddah · CC BY-SA 4.0Evanston sees more violent crime per resident than seven in ten U.S. towns
Overall, it grades C for safety (#16 of 19 graded towns in Wyoming). The graded rate fell 13% from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 2.9 violent crimes and 14.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Wyoming they are 2.3 and 17.5.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WY” is every other Wyoming city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Evanston
Among Wyoming towns, lower
Wyoming’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Evanston’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 16% of the 19 Wyoming towns we grade, against 34% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Evanston’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (14.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Evanston property | Rest of Wyoming property | Evanston violent | Rest of Wyoming violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.6 | 19.9 | 4.0 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 13.9 | 20.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Wyoming.
Crime in Evanston per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Evanston | Rest of Wyoming | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Evanston’s police reported 103 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.3 in the rest of Wyoming and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
173 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 violent and 154 property, as reported to the FBI by Evanston’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Evanston’s roads in 2019–2023
Evanston had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Wyoming towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Evanston’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Evanston’s own rate (5.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Evanston and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston | C | 2.9 | 14.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Wyoming towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston | C | 2.9 | 14.5 |
| Jackson | B+ | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| Sheridan | B | 1.1 | 10.2 |
| Cody | B | 1.6 | 8.3 |
| Green River | B | 2.3 | 7.3 |
| Riverton | D | 7.3 | 34.8 |
The five graded Wyoming towns closest to Evanston’s population (11,705), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Evanston. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Evanston’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,669 in 2025); our figure for Evanston is 11,705 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Evanston
Is Evanston, WY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Evanston reports more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #16 of 19 in Wyoming. Its police reported 2.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.3 in the rest of Wyoming and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Evanston?
2.9 violent and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wyoming reports 2.3 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Evanston?
Evanston’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Evanston”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.